Navratilova joins Laver and Borg on the shortlist (as voted for by . . . Navratilova)

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IT IS particularly at the big events that I appreciate the full splendour of “who are the greatest of all time?” as a talking point. I set out for Wimbledon confident that everyone I met would reinforce the choice of three tennis names I pencilled in many months ago when I first had the idea for this series, namely Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova. It’s so obvious.

After several hours of conversation with experts and novices, Laver was the only name to survive with universal support. On to the shortlist had come Hoad, Lendl, McEnroe, Connors, Sampras, Agassi,